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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Baptist Health Bids On Spillway Rd Parcel

The Shoreline Committee of the PRVWSD approved a bid by Mississippi Baptist Health Systems to lease an 8.2 acre parcel of land on Spillway Road. The wooded parcel is situated between the Dollar General and the Fresh Market Cafe.

The committee will recommend that the bid be accepted at the next PRVWSD Board of Directors meeting.

The plan calls for the property to be leased in 5 phases with the first two parcels commencing May 1, 2012. Parcel 1 would be a Baptist Family Medical Clinic, the second would contain a building designed for a pharmacy/retail/bank type of business - no occupant for that building was named at Monday's meeting.

Architectural drawings and a portion of the bid from Baptist are available HERE.

In other action the committee agreed to recommend accepting a bid from the Northbay Property Owners Association to lease 15 acres of land that was part of a golf course that once operated at Northbay. The POA will operate the area as a "Green" area and possibly convert it back into a golf course in the future.

Oh yea and what about the property that use to be the water park, not good enough for Baptist but good enough for residential. We can't afford anymore traffic on Spillway without some work being done on it now to make it less congested!

I agree with all the above comments. Why destroy more trees and greenery? I recommend to the committee that they NOT accept the bid. Get rid of the horrible medical clinic up on the corner of Spillway and Northshore and move them in there. Aren't there already two medical clinics right here?

How are these PRV board of directors appointed? Do we get to vote on them and/or vote them out?

Medical Clinics and Drug Stores popping up on every corner. Traffic is so bad in the area around Spillway / Old Fannin / Northshore now and they keep adding businesses. Will they 4 lane Spillway to Grants Ferry?

I'm all for economic growth, but the infrastructure and traffic considerations need to be considered, too.

This is why it is so important to get lease holders on the Reservior Board. (currently a bill before the Miss. Legislature) Those who are on the board now don't have to live with the excess development and traffic they approve. Pretty soon, there will not be an inch of open space or a single tree left on Spillway road as we sit in bumper to bumper traffic.

This is why it is so important to get lease holders on the Reservior Board. Lease holders pay all the bills through their lease payments, but have absolutely no say on how the district is run. There is a bill in the legislature that would fix that. The current "absentee landlords" on the board don't have to live with the excess development and increased traffic they vote for. Pretty soon, there won't be an inch of open space or a single tree left on Spillway road if they have their way.

And what is your solution to stray animals in general? Do you donate to any animal rescure league or have you ever paid to have someone not as fortunate as you to have thier pet spayed or neutered, shots,vacines? Its animal nature to breed and humans responsibility to take care of thier animals.

I don't claim to have the solution to stray animals, but if you want to take care of these strays, please take them to your house and keep them in your house or yard so they won't be roaming the neighborhoods. I assume you are aware of the "leash law."FYI - yes, I have donated to multiple animal rescue leagues.

Where is discussion of spay/neuter here on this blog? Oh, thats right, it wasn't covered by Dustin, the regular writer for the RL, but rather Ruth. Interesting. So you decry ARF, but are unwilling to review the LEAD story on the RL this week and not look into how the ordinance affects the spay/neuter clinic.

Interesting. I'm awaiting a juicy story on this. The Clarion Ledger at least bends truth with its integrity in tact.

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